----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >> >> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >> I am teaching Close Analysis of Film this semester--a course >> which is almost entirely predicated upon analyses of US films written by >> European men (Bellour, Heath, Aumont, etc.). I know, we also have the >> wonderful work of Bergstrom on *The Birds* and Thompson's book *Breaking the >> Glass Armor.* I decided to diversify the curriculum by including a >> film such as Sembene's *La Noire de...* which I was able to find with >> enormous difficulty. I wanted to break that Euro-American tradition. >> >> Gloria Monti >> > >I have met this same problem when trying to make my study on African cinema. >There are filmmakers like Sembene who are terribly suspicious when it's a >question of selling the rights for videomaking. I spent six weeks in Senegal >this summer in order to find material for my study and realized that in >Paris and London it would be much more easier than in the countries the >films are made. Some rare copies I succeeded to get are of so bad quality that >I can hardly use them. > >In Paris there is La Mediatheque de Trois Mondes which is the best place >to get videotapes of Third World films. For english speaking countries >there is of course the problem of language, the subtitles are in french. > >By the way, does anyone know how to get a copy of "Hyenes" of Djibril >Diop-Mambety? I am also eager to know in which countries it has >been in commercial distribution or shown in the television? It is one >of the most beautiful African films I have ever seen (and I have seen >quite many, even if it might sound unbelievable) but it has never been shown >for exemple here in Finland. > >Mari Maasilta >Tampere, Finland >[log in to unmask] > > * * * Mari, California Newsreel distributes HYENAS. Here is their number (415) 621-6196 Good luck\Stephen Stephen O'Riordan Film/Video Archives Media Center, UCSD 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093-0504 Tel: 619/534-7981 Fax: 619/534-7180 [log in to unmask]